Responsibility and management strategies in child sexual abuse: a comparison of child protective workers, nurses, and police officers.
This study identifies the attitudes of professionals toward the attribution of responsibility for sexual abuse and strategies for case management. Several variables, including the victim's gender, social status of the perpetrator, use of physical force, one's professional discipline, and past history of childhood victimization, were found to influence professionals' attitudes.
Kelley
S J
SJ
Maternal Child Health Graduate Program, Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011678:Punishment; D012923:Social Class; D012926:Social Control, Formal